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Hootsuite, a managing platform for social media, was started in 2008 by Ryan Holmes. Mr. Holmes is still the CEO of this now international company located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The name, Hootsuite, came from a play on words from the French, “tout de suite” meaning “right now”. There are presently branches in London, Singapore and many other countries. This is a rapidly growing company, and as of 2014 there were 15 million users in 175 countries. Undoubtedly these numbers are greatly outdated by now. In addition, the Hootsuite website advertises numerous job openings to join over 1,000 already working there.

What’s so great about this company? They have made posting to social media easy and effective. Presently anyone can post to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Google+. Through integrations using Hootsuite’s App Directory, one can also post to Reddit, Storify, Tumblr and Marketo. This is done through a dashboard on which the user selects the social media and the frequency of posts (twice per day, three days per week, for example). After writing the short post and including an image if desired, the post is “Auto Scheduled”. The post take about 15 minutes for a week’s post.

In addition, the company introduced 3 plans last year to make it easier for everyone – Free Plan (for the individual), Pro Plan (small business) and Enterprise Plan (larger business). The customer service is quite efficient, even for the free plan, which can be accessed by e-mail. There are numerous tutorials, including videos, and the dashboard is well laid out.

Lastly, Hootsuite keeps up with the changes in the various social media platforms and notifies its customers when changes happen. Recently (July 2017) Facebook discontinued customising link previews from other sources in order to reduce the misrepresentation of any link. Hootsuite posted a notice and notified customers.

There is some evidence that posting with Hootsuite can reduce the number of responses since they are automated posts. It seems unlikely as the number of posts possible would certainly increase the number of people viewing posts. As someone who has used Hootsuite for several years now I appreciate the time it saves me and the ease of posting to numerous sources. There are some competitors that have appeared such as Spredfast and Tweetdeck. However, Hootsuite continues to grow and provide good customer service at the same time.

Want to know the best-selling Amazon products in the best categories with the RIGHT price point at the RIGHT product weight AND with the lowest competition?

Fantastic. Go spend 104 hours researching on Amazon…until now…

Matt & Jason just announced they’re GIVING AWAY a powerful new software tool called Profit Spotlight 3.0 that scans hundreds of thousands of products on Amazon to find the HOTTEST opportunities RIGHT NOW.

Amazon has recently announced a $50 tablet, is now offering same-day shipping in 14 cities with Prime Now, and is giving more benefits than ever to Amazon Prime members (including six months of free access to The Washington Post).

Why does all this matter to you?

Well, if you want to build a business, you better look at Amazon.

This year, Amazon is well on pace to do over $100 billion in revenue. If it does, it will be the only ecommerce company to hit this milestone.

In the first half of this year, Amazon produced $34.2 billion in sales, a 10.4% growth over the first half of last year, 2014.

To estimate the full-year revenue for 2015, let’s assume that Amazon grows in the second half of the year at the same rate it grew from 2013 to 2014 (the last two full years). Comparing the second half of 2013 to the second half of 2014, Amazon grew a whopping 36%.

If Amazon’s growth for the second half of this year is the same (and it could be more), Amazon’s total revenue for 2015 will come in around $113 billion.

That will represent growth of more than 20% from 2014 to 2015. This pace is HUGE for a company the size of Amazon and highlights the undeniable trend that’s driving Amazon’s incredible growth — people want to buy everything from one place.

I know I don’t want to hunt around on 15 different online stores to buy what I need. I want everything readily accessible, all in one place online that I can easily buy from and move on with my life. And I know a lot of people feel the same way I do. This is why Amazon is on such a relentless growth path, and has been for the past decade.

The most exciting aspect of this growth is what’s happening outside the USA.

Here’s a snapshot of some of Amazon’s international ecommerce platforms and the estimated revenue they’ll produce assuming Amazon hits the calculated $113 billion in 2015:

Germany = 14% ($15.8B)

UK = 10% ($11.3B)

Japan = 9% ($10.2B)

I remember living in France and how horrible shopping online was (including on Amazon.fr). However, that was three and a half years ago and now it’s much better, largely thanks to Amazon’s investment in its international platforms.

There is a gold rush happening internationally.

For the first time ever, shopping online is becoming extremely easy for many countries. Amazon is investing billions of dollars to make sure it’s the leading ecommerce platform in as many countries as possible.

As an entrepreneur, this is incredibly exciting! To encourage people who sell on Amazon to expand their product base to other countries, Amazon has started unifying (combining) multiple seller platforms.

For example, you can now sell on Amazon.com (USA) and Amazon.ca (Canada) all from one Amazon Seller Central account.

You can also sell on all of the European platforms — Amazon.co.uk (UK), Amazon.de (Germany), Amazon.it (Italy), Amazon.es (Spain), and Amazon.fr (France) — from one Amazon Seller Central account.

Pretty soon, you’ll likely be able to sell products all over the world through one single, seamlessly operated account.

How’d you like to create a product and see it sold in 10 countries all over the world tomorrow?

That’s what Amazon is doing for ecommerce.

It’s an exciting time to be in this business. This is why on September 29th, we’re releasing a full-blown, hour-long in-depth training video showing you how to build a physical-products business with Amazon.

It’s the most detailed single video we’ve ever released for this business model. It’s going live at 8AM Central on 9/29, so stay tuned. You don’t want to miss it. There’s $100 billion in sales ready for you to grab your piece.

If you share other people’s videos and articles, is that stealing? Certainly not if you are giving them credit. This type of sharing of inspirational stories has been going on since the printing press was invented (maybe even earlier), but we just called it quotations or references. Who can write a research paper without those?

When it comes to videos, the originator of the video actually receives a higher ranking every time someone shares his/her video. In this video, Randy from My Inspired Media and Home Business Labs describes all the advantages to sharing content.

Do you know of inspirational stories that you would like to share?

What video would you like me to share, especially from MyInspiredMedia? Let me know by commenting below. Stay tuned for the next in this series to help you find a profitable online home based business.